Yoga for
Embodiment
& Healing

100-Hour Professional Training

Yoga for Embodiment & Healing

100-Hour Professional Training.

Transform your practice.
Elevate your impact.

You want to help your clients see the change they came to you for – but there seems to be something missing from your approach?

The Yoga for Embodiment & Healing certification goes beyond traditional yoga training to equip professionals like yourself with the profound understanding of body-mind connection that leads to deeper transformations.

For professionals who sense there's more to healing

Do you work with clients, students, or patients who:

  • Struggle with anxiety, depression, or trauma symptoms

  • Feel disconnected from their bodies

  • Experience physical symptoms with emotional origins

  • Need more than traditional cognitive approaches

  • Have tried talk therapy without lasting results

The modern mental health landscape increasingly recognises that true healing happens through the body. Yet, most practitioners lack the specific training to effectively address the nervous system directly.

This training bridges that gap.

The missing piece in mental health, Yoga therapy and general wellness training

Over the past decade, neuroscience has revolutionised our understanding of trauma, stress, and healing. We now know that trauma resides in the body and that the fear system operates through the nervous system—not just the thinking mind.

As a mental health professional, yoga teacher, or wellness practitioner, your ability to work effectively with the body determines your capacity to facilitate profound change for your clients.

The Yoga for Embodiment & Healing certification equips you with evidence-based tools to:

  • Recognise and respond to nervous system dysregulation

  • Create safety in the body as a foundation for all other work

  • Facilitate trauma-sensitive movement practices

  • Understand the neuroscience of stress, trauma, and resilience

  • Apply polyvagal theory in practical, accessible ways

  • Tailor your approach to individual nervous system patterns

  • Build confidence working with clients experiencing mental health challenges

As a mental health professional, yoga teacher, or wellness practitioner, your ability to work effectively with the body determines your capacity to facilitate profound change for your clients.

Led by Martine Coates:
Where clinical expertise meets embodied wisdom

This training is the culmination of Martine's 30+ years as a Psychotherapist and Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator following extensive training with world-renowned trauma experts, including Bessel van der Kolk. Having witnessed the limitations of traditional talk therapy firsthand, Martine developed this comprehensive approach that honours both scientific rigor and the body's innate healing wisdom.

Unlike programs that merely overlay trauma language onto standard yoga teacher training, this certification was developed from the ground up by a clinician who has dedicated her life to understanding the intersection of somatics, neuroscience, and healing.

A comprehensive 100-hour certification

A comprehensive 100-hour certification

The training experience

The training consists of five integrated modules that build upon each other to create a complete approach to embodied healing.

  • Building the foundation for sustainable healing work

    • Understanding vicarious trauma and its impact on practitioners

    • Developing sustainable self-care practices for therapists and teachers

    • Recognising and managing compassion fatigue

    • The role of your own nervous system in holding space for others

    • Cultivating boundaries that serve both you and your clients

  • Learning directly from the original creators

    • Understanding the theory behind trauma-sensitive yoga

    • Distinguishing between trauma-sensitive and trauma-informed approaches

    • Creating safe spaces for trauma survivors

    • The art of invitational language and choice-making

    • Supporting students in present moment experiences

    • The role of interoception in creating neuroplasticity

    • Understanding how brain, mind and nervous system manage trauma responses

  • Addressing the most common mental health challenges

    • Exploring the neurobiology of anxiety and depression

    • Normalising anxiety as an adaptive survival response

    • Understanding the roles of genetics, personality, environment and attachment

    • The nervous system and left/right brain presentations

    • Designing tailored practices for groups and individuals

    • Practical techniques for regulation and resilience

  • Where ancient wisdom meets modern science

    • The interaction between body, mind, breath and energy

    • Understanding memory, repression, and the sense of self

    • The psychology of pain and processes of change

    • The chakra system as centers of consciousness

    • Practical applications for various conditions (anxiety, eating disorders, ADHD, etc.)

    • The impact of early attachment on core sensitivities

    • Ayurvedic principles and the vagal brain-heart connection

    • Holistic approaches to healing the whole person

  • Harnessing the power of stillness and surrender

    • Using Yin as a healing and restorative practice

    • Supporting nervous system regulation through the body

    • Incorporating meditation and pranayama into Yin classes

    • Connecting meridian theory with the chakra system

    • Understanding Chi and its role in emotional embodiment

    • Integrating mindfulness and psychological inquiry

    • Applications of Polyvagal Theory in Yin practice

Let’s talk details…

What you'll receive:

  • 100 Hours of comprehensive training

  • Detailed manual and resources

  • Ongoing mentorship opportunities

  • Certificate of completion

  • Continuing education credits (for eligible professions)

  • Access to professional community support

  • Marketing materials to communicate your specialised skills

This professional certification
is ideal for:

  • Mental Health Professionals seeking to incorporate body-based approaches

  • Yoga Teachers wanting to work confidently with trauma and mental health

  • Healthcare Providers looking to expand their therapeutic toolkit

  • Wellness Practitioners desiring a deeper understanding of the nervous system

  • Body Workers aiming to work more holistically with clients

  • Educators & First Responders who support those experiencing distress

Your Investment

Regular Investment: A$2,650

Payment Plans Available.

Stories of transformation

  • I feel like this sort of training should be mandatory for all yoga teachers. I spent my first few years as a yoga student being told how I should feel and move in my own body. I now consider this sort of language as negligent, especially for anyone who has experienced trauma in their life. And let’s be honest, it would be hard to find some today who hasn’t had a traumatic experience in their lifetime. I highly recommend this training to all yoga teachers.

    TRAINING PARTICIPANT

  • Genuinely one of the best trauma or yoga learning workshops I’ve participated in. Martine’s style and her focus on the participants embodying their own experience and her facilitation is excellent. Highly recommend to everyone.

    TRAINING PARTICIPANT

  • I am forever grateful for the experience I had with Martine during the mentorship program. Martine was incredibly generous with her knowledge, experiences and time. Martine was very emphatic as a mentor and gave me insights that were not only rooted in scientific, evidence-based findings but also her rich experiences spanning over many years.

    TRAINING PARTICIPANT

  • This training is invaluable in understanding helping to understand people's experience with complex trauma and how is unique for everyone and every body. Highly recommend to everyone.

    TRAINING PARTICIPANT

  • I came into the course not knowing much of Martine, now I am such a fan of her work and authentic delivery of some incredibly sensitive topics that need not be shamed but sat with as reality for some.

    TRAINING PARTICIPANT

  • Martine's style in presenting this training is warm, confident and inviting to all individuals participating. She has extensive knowledge and experience and brings this into the training material.

    TRAINING PARTICIPANT

  • Thank you for a wonderful and insightful weekend. I am so looking forward to the next training session. You do wonderful work :)

    TRAINING PARTICIPANT

Transform your
professional practice

The demand for body-based, trauma-sensitive approaches has never been greater. Upon completion of this training, you'll have the confidence, skills, and understanding to meet this need with evidence-based, compassionate care that honours the whole person.

Join us in pioneering a new paradigm of healing that bridges ancient wisdom and cutting-edge science—where the mind and body work hand-in-hand for lasting transformation to follow.

Transform your
professional practice

The demand for body-based, trauma-sensitive approaches has never been greater. Upon completion of this training, you'll have the confidence, skills, and understanding to meet this need with evidence-based, compassionate care that honours the whole person.

Join us in pioneering a new paradigm of healing that bridges ancient wisdom and cutting-edge science—where the mind and body work hand-in-hand for lasting transformation to follow.